Cheri Budzynski
Cheri A. Budzynski is a partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. Cheri is admitted to practice in Ohio, Florida, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States District Court of Ohio, Northern District; and the United States District Court of Ohio, Southern District.
Since joining Shumaker, she has been involved in a range of environmental regulatory, permitting, and compliance issues that affect the Utility Industry, the Steel/Coke Industry, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and the Ethanol Industry. Cheri has also worked on environmental litigation at both the State and Federal level.
A substantial amount of her work is following regulations on both the State and Federal level and preparing comments for various trade organizations. She has submitted extensive comments to Ohio EPA, U.S. EPA, and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. She has also appealed various regulations to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and Ohio’s Environmental Review Appeals Commission.
Cheri has been part of the legal team involved in the application process for a New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit-to-install for a heat recovery coke facility in Ohio. She has also assisted in permitting Pharmaceutical Facilities, Electric Utility Facilities, and Manufacturing Facilities.
Cheri has been named an Ohio Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in 2014, 2015, and 2016.Cheri is a current Board Member of Advocating Opportunity, President Elect of the Toledo Women’s Bar Association, and Treasurer of the Morrison R. Waite American Inns of Court.Cheri received her law degree from the University of Toledo in 2007, where she also served as Executive Editor of the Law Review and Vice President of the Women Law Students’ Association.